Both performed miracles.
Both sent out disciples to propagate their faiths.
In calling their disciples the command of each was, “Follow me.”
Buddha preached on the Holy Hill, and Christ delivered his sermon on the Mount.
The phraseology of the sermons of Buddha and the sermon ascribed to Christ is, in many instances, the same.
Both Buddha and Christ compare themselves to husbandmen sowing seed.
The story of the prodigal son is found in both Scriptures.
The account of the man born blind is common to both.
In both the mustard seed is used as a simile for littleness.
Christ speaks of “a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand”; Buddha says, “Perishable is the city built of sand.”